Clarksville jobless rate up slightly

5:44 PM,
Jan. 24, 2013

Written by

Jimmy Settle
Leaf-Chronicle

The monthly unemployment rate for Clarksville-Montgomery County rose ever-so-slightly between November and December, but remained below the 8 percent mark.

New figures from the state Department of Labor & Workforce Development show that the Montgomery County unemployment rate now stands at 7.5 percent reflecting December 2012 joblessness, up from 7.1 the month before.

The new unemployment number is still well below the 8.3 percent rate recorded for December 2011. A total of 5,910 people were out of work last month in the Clarksville area, out of an estimated countywide labor force of ...